shimla district

Shimla, March 30 The Himachal Pradesh government closed 774 schools and merged 532 schools with nearby ones between January 31, 2026, until the end of the current fiscal year, Education Minister Rohit Thakur informed the state assembly on Monday.In a written reply to a question by BJP MLA...

Shimla, March 24 A property dealer and contractor has been identified as the main conspirator behind an attempted kidnapping and robbery targeting the son of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's media advisor, police said on Tuesday.The accused, Manish Verma alias Manu...

Shimla, March 19 The Met office on Thursday issued an orange alert for heavy rain, snow, thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds (speed 40-60 kmph) for areas in Mandi, Shimla, and Sirmaur for the next day.The weather office predicted the spell of rain and snow in the state to last until...

New Delhi, March 18 The Supreme Court has set aside a Himachal Pradesh High Court order that had quashed a First Information Report (FIR) alleging fraud, forgery, and criminal conspiracy to seize ancestral property worth crores of rupees in the Shimla district.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath...

Shimla, March 16 The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh received fresh snowfall on Monday morning, while the police in Manali continued their operation to move stranded vehicles from the Atal Tunnel towards the popular hill station.Over 1,000 vehicles were stranded near the south portal of the...

Shimla, March 14 The meteorological department here on Saturday issued an orange warning for thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds in the districts of Kullu, Mandi, and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh for Sunday, while predicting rain across the state until March 18.It also issued a yellow...

Shimla, March 13 Deputy Commissioner of Shimla, Anupam Kashyap, on Friday chaired a meeting to review the supply of LPG, petrol, and diesel, stating that there was no shortage of fuel anywhere in the district, with supplies continuing without interruption.Amid reports of the conflict in West...

Shimla, March 10 The Shimla meteorological office issued an alert on Tuesday, warning of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and strong winds (40-50 kmph) in five districts starting Wednesday.The weather office forecast rain across Himachal Pradesh until March 15, issuing an alert for the...

Shimla, March 9 The Ministry of Finance has approved an extension to complete pending works under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY-I) in the remote Dodra Kwar area of Shimla district up to March 31, 2027, Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh said on Monday.He said this decision...

Shimla, March 9 The Shimla Met Office issued a warning on Tuesday about a heat wave, potentially escalating to severe heat wave conditions, in the Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, and Solan districts. It also predicted rainfall across the state until March 15.The state experienced dry weather over the...

Shimla, March 9 Revenue and Horticulture Minister Jagat Singh Negi on Monday directed revenue officers to resolve all pending land lease cases within a month and submit a report on the progress.According to a statement issued here, while discussing various land-related issues in a meeting with...

Shimla, February 28 A Nepali migrant worker was killed in Theog, a district of Shimla, according to police on Saturday.The deceased has been identified as Dhani Ram. He had come from the neighboring country to work as a laborer in apple orchards.According to a complaint filed by a local...

Shimla, February 27 Two women and a man were killed, while two others were injured after a Bolero Camper they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge in the Shimla district on Friday, officials said.The deceased have been identified as Kapil (41), a resident of Chiksa village in Rampur...

Shimla, February 27 Police here on Friday said they have arrested the alleged kingpin of an interstate drug trafficking network involved in the trade of 'chitta' (adulterated heroin) in the district, police said.The accused – identified as Hardeep Singh, a resident of Punjab's Ferozepur – was...

New Delhi, February 26 A Delhi Police team returned to the national capital on Thursday, along with three Youth Congress activists who had been arrested in Himachal Pradesh in connection with the shirtless protest at the AI Impact Summit. They asserted that all legal procedures were followed...

New Delhi, February 26 – A Delhi court on Thursday ordered the detention of five Youth Congress workers arrested in connection with a protest during the India AI Impact Summit for three days in police custody.The Patiala House Court remanded the accused – Saurabh, Arbaaz, Siddharth, Ajay, and...

Shimla, Feb 26 – The dramatic standoff between the Himachal Police and a 20-member Delhi Police team continued late into Thursday, even after the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) granted transit remand for three Youth Congress activists arrested in connection with a protest at the AI...

New Delhi, February 25 Three more Congress workers have been taken into custody in connection with the "shirtless" protest at the AI Impact Summit here, bringing the total number of those arrested in the case to 11, an official said on Wednesday.Saurabh, Siddharth, and Arbaz were apprehended...

Shimla, February 25 – At least 20 Delhi police personnel were detained by the Himachal Pradesh Police on Wednesday for arresting three leaders of the Youth Congress from the town of Rohru, in the Shimla district.The arrests were made in connection with a protest staged by the Youth Congress...

Shimla, February 24 – Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu said on Tuesday that the state government would not proceed with the upcoming Kishau and Renuka dams hydropower projects unless neighboring states provide concrete assurances to the state to settle the long-standing arrears...